A new lineup of Tamil movies and shows hit OTT screens this week. From sports action films to mystery thriller web series, here’s a comprehensive list of releases you need to include in your watchlist.
6 Tamil releases to watch on OTT this week
1. Rambo
- Cast: Arulnithi, Tanya Ravichandran, Abhirami, VTV Ganesh
- Director: Mr. Muthaiah
- Gender: Sports action
- Runtime: To be determined
- Where to watch: SoleilNXT
- Broadcast date: September 10, 2025
Rambo is a sports action film starring Arulnithi in the lead role, released exclusively on OTT platform SunNXT. Directed by M. Muthaiah, the film follows the life of a kickboxer from Tamil Nadu.
When the boxer decides to help a woman in distress, his life takes an unexpected and wild turn, forcing him into a chaotic and much larger battle outside the ring.
2. Tribanadhari Barbarik (Tamil-dub)
- Cast: Sathyaraj, Vasishta N. Simha, Satyam Rajesh, Udaya Bhanu, Sanchi Rai, Kranthi Kiran, VTV Ganesh, Rajendran, Meghana Sunil, Kaarthikeyaa Dev
- Director: Mohan Srivatsa
- Gender: Thriller
- Runtime: 1 hour and 48 minutes
- Where to watch: SoleilNXT
- Broadcast date: October 10, 2025
Tribanadhari Barbarik is a Telugu-Tamil suspense thriller film starring Sathyaraj and Vasishta N. Simha in the lead roles. When the police hit a dead end, Dr. Shyam Khatu, an elderly psychiatrist, abandons his practice to become a vigilante, tirelessly searching for his missing granddaughter, Nidhi.
His quest leads him to confront a young man named Ram and a group involved in organized crime. The film blends elements of detective fiction and suspense thriller with mythological symbolism, drawing inspiration from Barbarik from the Mahabharata.
3. Mirai (Tamil dubbing)
- Cast: Teja Sajja, Manchu Manoj, Jagapathi Babu, Jayaram, Shriya Saran, Ritika Nayak, Rana Daggubati (cameo)
- Director: Karthik Gattamneni
- Gender: Fantasy Action Adventure
- Runtime: 2 hours and 49 minutes
- Where to watch: JioHotstar
- Broadcast date: October 10, 2025
Mirai, starring Tejja Sajja in the lead role, is originally a Telugu film and is now available with a Tamil dub. The film tells the story of Vedha, an orphan destined to become the savior of the world.
According to a prophecy, he must train to become a super warrior in order to prevent the ancient holy scriptures from falling into the hands of the super-villain, Mahabir Lama, aka The Black Sword. The rest of the film explores how the Vedha protects the scriptures and the world from eternal catastrophe.
4. War 2 (Tamil dub)
- Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana, Anil Kapoor, Varun Badola, Karan Kishore, Imroz Maur, Reshma Bombaywala, Bobby Deol (cameo)
- Director: Ayan Mukerji
- Gender: Spy action thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours and 50 minutes
- Where to watch: Netflix
- Broadcast date: October 9, 2025
War 2 is a spy action thriller originally made in Hindi and now available in Tamil. Starring Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR in the lead roles, the film is a sequel to War (2019) and is the sixth installment in the YRF Spy universe.
The story revolves around Kabir Dhaliwal, a former RAW agent who went rogue and became a national threat. A special units officer, Vikram Chelapathi, who shares a complicated past with Kabir, is tasked with bringing him down.
5. Veduvan
- Cast: Kanna Ravi, Sanjeev Venkat, Sravnitha Srikanth, Ramya Ramakrishna, Rekha Nair
- Director: Pavane
- Gender: Mystery thriller
- Runtime: To be determined
- Where to watch: ZEE5
- Broadcast date: October 10, 2025
Veduvan is a Tamil language web series starring Coolie fame Kanna Ravi in the lead role. Directed by Pavan, the show follows Sooraj, a struggling actor in Tamil cinema, who is approached by a director to play a police officer in a biopic.
The biopic is based on encounter specialist Arun, but as Sooraj delves deeper into the officer’s story, dark secrets emerge, leading to an intense mystery and a gripping mystery thriller.
6. Kurukshetra (Tamil-dub)
- Cast: Vinod Sharma, Sahil Vaid, Saumya Daan, Annamaya Verma
- Creator: Anu Sikka
- Gender: Animated mythological epic
- Runtime: 9 episodes
- Where to watch: Netflix
- Broadcast date: October 10, 2025
Initially in Hindi, the animated mythological epic Kurukshetra will also be available in Tamil. The 9-episode web series explores the 18 days of the legendary epic war from the perspective of 18 warriors.
It delves into their inner struggles, moral dilemmas and the ethical complexities of fighting against their own kin on the fields of Kurukshetra.
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